(19)
(11) EP 1 545 989 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.10.2004

(43) Date of publication:
29.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/26

(21) Application number: 03788621.5

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B65D 1/00, A23B 9/14
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2003/025868
(87) International publication number:
WO 2004/016509 (26.02.2004 Gazette 2004/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 14.08.2002 US 403488 P

(71) Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Wilmington, DE 19898 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • DALZIEL, Sean, Mark
    San Francisco, CA 94105-0000 (US)
  • FRIEDMANN, Thomas
    Hockessin, DE 19707 (US)
  • SCHURR, George, A.
    Newark, DE 19711 (US)

(74) Representative: Towler, Philip Dean et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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